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Movie Review: The Divergent Series: Insurgent
By Eric Levengood @Levengreat · On March 20, 2015
To tell you the truth, I am very new to the whole Divergent series. All I remember is when the first one came out I asked a girl to it, but plans got in the way of everything. Ultimately though, I finally watched it on Blu-Ray and I was not enthralled by any means. The film, Divergent, itself felt more like a bad high school dramedy trying to be the next Hunger Games. The premise of the whole series is that there are 5 factions: Erudite (smart intellectuals), Dauntless (brave soldiers), Amity (peaceful farmers), Candor (honest people), and Abnegation (selfless government). If you haven't seen the first one, I will summarize it for you.
The first film is about a girl, Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley) who is of the Abnegation faction with her family. She and her brother both take a test to see which faction they belong in. Her brother, Caleb (Ansel Elgort), ends up in Erudite while Beatrice is a Divergent. She chooses to join Dauntless, led by the brutal Eric (Jai Courtney), and despite many setbacks, she ultimately succeeds, along with falling in love with the initiate instructor Four (Theo James). However, the Erudite faction's leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet) gets greedy and blames the Abnegation faction for violating all the principles of the nation, so they inject a serum into all the true dauntless people to conduct a purge of the Abnegation faction and take over the nation's government. She fails when Beatrice (now Tris), who loses her parents (Ashley Judd and Tony Goldwyn) in matters of minutes, stops her by forcing her to deactivate the serum they injected into the Dauntless. This stops the genocide, for now, and Tris, Four, Caleb, and Peter (Miles Teller) ride off to find refuge as fugitives.
Well, in Insurgent, it starts off with the four being held refuge in Amity territory where they are living peaceful lives. Tris is having nightmares from all the events from the first film and is too violent for the Amity lifestyle. Eric, now the head of an Erudite/Dauntless traitor Alliance, is pillaging across the land with Dauntless soldiers to try to find Divergents within all the factions. Why? Jeanine found a box during the mass genocide of the Abnegation people inside Tris's family's house. The sole reason for the search is an attempt to find Divergents who are the only ones who can open the box. So when Eric and his soldiers arrive, Tris, Four, and Caleb board a train filled with Factionless people. Peter, on the other hand, snitches on them and then gets arrested for treason.
From left to right: Shailene Woodley as Tris, Theo James as Four, and Ansel Elgort as Caleb, Tris' brother
After a fight with the Factionless on the train, Four reveals his name, Tobias Eaton, to the Factionless (who was looking for him), and the three fugitives are given safe passage into Factionless territory. Who is the leader of the Factionless? Four's mother, Evelyn (Naomi Watts), who wants to unify the Factionless and the Dauntless to create an unstoppable military force. After an angry and awkward visit at the dinner table, the three leave the Factionless to go to Candor. Caleb decides to go back to the Erudite as he has been indoctrinated to believe 'Faction over Blood'. The Dauntless that didn't follow Eric were hiding here. Tris is asked multiple questions, but she ultimately shys away from them. Then she and Four are arrested and brought to the leader of Candor, Jack Kang (Daniel Dae-Kim). Instead of being taken to trial over at Erudite territory, Four convinces Kang to hold the trial in Candor due to their forced honesty. Here, Four and Tris reveal everything that has happened and are spared, but not without Tris being looked horribly upon her peers, as she killed a popular Dauntless soldier Will during the first film. That night, Eric and his soldiers attack Candor to find more Divergents. In a Gestapo-like fashion, Eric begins killing anyone with even the slightest percentage of being a Divergent. But before he attempts to shoot a little girl who is one, Tris attacks him and is revealed to be 100% Divergent (aka what Jeanine exactly needs). While he is taking her, Four attacks Eric and arrests and then execute him, therefore making Four the new leader of the Dauntless faction.
Meanwhile, Peter (Miles Teller), actually adding much-needed comedy into this film through his snakelike personality, is given a chance to prove his worth to Jeanine, in which he has to reveal everything about Tris, which he willingly does. So Jeanine uses Tris's Abnegation roots to make her feel guilty of suicides amongst the Dauntless (Eric and his soldiers shot a serum that puts them to sleep but ultimately could control them). Tris then turns herself in due to guilt and is arrested upon arrival into Erudite territory, where she agrees to work with Jeanine to open the box through numerous simulations (which make up the entire marketing campaign for this film), all which are supposed to help open the box.
Now I won't go into too much detail of what happens after the SIMs as I am already spoiled too much, but the ending of this film is your run-of-the-mill individuality over everything message heavily featured in the first, but it helps that this film is more interesting than the first one, which mainly felt like a redundant high school movie (I give the first a C). This one is a slight improvement, but ultimately doesn't lead to helping the Divergent series differentiate itself from the pack of the YA series being adapted into films today, most notably Twilight and The Hunger Games.
However, besides the predictability of Insurgent, the film has good performances from Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, but everyone else, to me, was either really wooden like the first one or simply phoning it in. The directing here was no different from the first, but it does have more Man of Steel and Matrix-style slow motion sequences in the SIM, which get old after 5 minutes, which is pretty much for-hire directing by no other than Robert Schwentke (known for Flightplan, RED, and the disastrous R.I.P.D.). What I really liked, however, was the more synth-like score by The film, however, is still pretty entertaining and a little less tedious than the first. Also, it kinda closes off pretty well with a slightly satisfying ending, which makes me wonder: Why a third one?
Eric Levengood
Thanks to a different tone and a little more effort, Insurgent is a slight upgrade for the Divergent franchise.
6.5 Overall Score
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package converters

import (
	"fmt"
	"net"

	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"

	apiv1 "github.com/projectcalico/libcalico-go/lib/apis/v1"
	"github.com/projectcalico/libcalico-go/lib/apis/v1/unversioned"
	apiv3 "github.com/projectcalico/libcalico-go/lib/apis/v3"
	"github.com/projectcalico/libcalico-go/lib/backend/model"
	cnet "github.com/projectcalico/libcalico-go/lib/net"
)

type Node struct{}

// convertAPIToKVPair converts an API Node structure to a KVPair containing a
// backend Node and NodeKey.
// This is part of the conversionHelper interface.
func (n Node) APIV1ToBackendV1(a unversioned.Resource) (*model.KVPair, error) {
	an, ok := a.(*apiv1.Node)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Conversion to Node is not possible with %v", a)
	}

	k, err := n.convertMetadataToKey(an.Metadata)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	v := model.Node{}
	if an.Spec.BGP != nil {
		if an.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address == nil && an.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address == nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid NodeBGPSpec, missing address: %v", an.Spec.BGP)
		}
		if an.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address != nil {
			v.BGPIPv4Addr = &cnet.IP{an.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address.IP}
			v.BGPIPv4Net = an.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address.Network()
		}
		if an.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address != nil {
			v.BGPIPv6Addr = &cnet.IP{an.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address.IP}
			v.BGPIPv6Net = an.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address.Network()
		}
		v.BGPASNumber = an.Spec.BGP.ASNumber
	}

	for _, orchRef := range an.Spec.OrchRefs {
		v.OrchRefs = append(v.OrchRefs, model.OrchRef{
			Orchestrator: orchRef.Orchestrator,
			NodeName:     orchRef.NodeName,
		})
	}

	kv := &model.KVPair{Key: k, Value: &v}

	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
		"APIV1":  a,
		"KVPair": *kv,
	}).Debug("Converted Node")
	return kv, nil
}

// convertMetadataToKey converts a NodeMetadata to a NodeKey
func (_ Node) convertMetadataToKey(m unversioned.ResourceMetadata) (model.Key, error) {
	nm := m.(apiv1.NodeMetadata)
	k := model.NodeKey{
		Hostname: nm.Name,
	}
	return k, nil
}

// convertKVPairToAPI converts a KVPair containing a backend Node and NodeKey
// to an API Node structure.
// The Node.Spec.BGP.IPv4IPIPTunnelAddr field will need to be populated
// still since it comes from another resource.
// This is part of the conversionHelper interface.
func (_ Node) BackendV1ToAPIV3(d *model.KVPair) (Resource, error) {
	bv, ok := d.Value.(*model.Node)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Value is not a valid Node resource: %v", d.Value)
	}

	bk, ok := d.Key.(model.NodeKey)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Key is not a valid NodeKey resource: %v", d.Value)
	}

	apiNode := apiv3.NewNode()

	apiNode.ObjectMeta.Name = ConvertNodeName(bk.Hostname)

	if bv.BGPIPv4Addr != nil || bv.BGPIPv6Addr != nil {
		apiNode.Spec.BGP = &apiv3.NodeBGPSpec{
			ASNumber: bv.BGPASNumber,
		}

		// If the backend has an IPv4 address then fill in the IPv4Address
		// field.  If the IP network does not exist assume a full mask.
		if bv.BGPIPv4Addr != nil {
			if bv.BGPIPv4Net != nil {
				// Stored network is normalised, so copy across the
				// IP separately.
				ipAndNet := net.IPNet{IP: bv.BGPIPv4Addr.IP, Mask: bv.BGPIPv4Net.Mask}
				apiNode.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address = ipAndNet.String()
			} else {
				// No network is stored, assume a full masked network.
				apiNode.Spec.BGP.IPv4Address = bv.BGPIPv4Addr.Network().String()
			}
		}

		// If the backend has an IPv6 address then fill in the IPv6Address
		// field.  If the IP network does not exist assume a full mask.
		if bv.BGPIPv6Addr != nil {
			if bv.BGPIPv6Net != nil {
				// Stored network is normalised, so copy across the
				// IP separately.
				ipAndNet := net.IPNet{IP: bv.BGPIPv6Addr.IP, Mask: bv.BGPIPv6Net.Mask}
				apiNode.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address = ipAndNet.String()
			} else {
				// No network is stored, assume a full masked network.
				apiNode.Spec.BGP.IPv6Address = bv.BGPIPv6Addr.Network().String()
			}
		}
	}

	for _, orchref := range bv.OrchRefs {
		apiNode.Spec.OrchRefs = append(apiNode.Spec.OrchRefs, apiv3.OrchRef{
			NodeName:     orchref.NodeName,
			Orchestrator: orchref.Orchestrator,
		})
	}

	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
		"KVPair": *d,
		"APIV3":  apiNode,
	}).Debug("Converted Node")
	return apiNode, nil
}

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For those who couldn't find time to check up on the news in between bites of leftover turkey sandwiches, here's a wrap up of some of the stories you might have missed.
While some might claim this is not news, it is perhaps the first time the iLeader has admitted to doing something a little dodgy. Of course, it is for your benefit however.
Just after Christmas, Apple admitted and apologized for slowing down performance of some of its devices, but its intentions were good. The reason was down to battery life. The slower your phone, the longer between charges, and therefore it is a move which is entirely for the good of the consumer. Naturally, any benefits of upgrading your phone to a newer (and more expensive) model are purely coincidental.
Getting the iChief to admit it has done something wrong is a monumental achievement, but it would appear this rare instance of humility is starting to bite back. As Apple did not seek authorization from users to slow down performance, it is now facing several lawsuits around the world.
In France, consumer rights group Halte a L'obsolescence, has filed a complaint against Apple on the grounds of scheduling obsolescence, a crime which can be punishable with a two-year prison sentence in the country. Similar complaints have also been filed in the US and Israel.
In response, Apple has announced it will drop the price of replacement batteries from $79 to $29, more in line with standard prices across the industry. After all, the iBoss wouldn't want to get a reputation of holding its customers to ransom. That's not very Apple-like is it.
Reliance Communications has seemingly be circling the drain for a lifetime, but there light be a glimmer of hope for the punch-drunk Indian telco.
Over the last couple of weeks two separate bits of news have emerged. Firstly, a restructuring of its mountain of debt, which has been agreed with its lenders, many of whom have been trying to force a winding-up order. As part of the restructuring deal, according to the FT, much of the retail business will be sold off, while it will redefine itself as a smaller, B2B player.
The second bit of news indicates there may well be some loving feelings between the Ambani brothers. Mukesh Ambani, CEO of the disruptive Reliance Jio, has emerged as the highest bidder for Reliance Communications spectrum holdings, 43,000 telecom towers and national optical fibre network.
How much of the $7 billion debt this auction will resolve is unknown for the moment, though Anil Ambani might be relieved his Reliance Communications business will be able to continue living, albeit as a much smaller organization.
erhaps the worlds' most famous whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, has backed a new app which notifies the user when there has been some sort of snooping on their device.
Known as Haven, the app has been designed for 'investigative journalists, human rights defenders, and people at risk of forced disappearance', according to the team, and is designed to trap those who want to access user data without notification.
2017 was a big year for the snoopers and peepers in government agencies, as new regulations were brought out and the head-butting against the technology industry intensified. The tech industry, while not completely innocent of data privacy poking, has generally resisted the intrusion of governments and sticky fingered spies, and the release of this app is perhaps evidence the argument will not be left in 2017.
As part of its 5G strategy, the UK Government has unveiled its first step to making the digital world a reality for citizens; better connectivity on trains.
Minimum standards for on-board mobile and wifi connections are in the process of being introduced, but the latest announcement outlines steps to be taken to improve connectivity by 2025. Just in case you were getting a bit excited by a bit of ambition from the UK Government, the public sector has done what it does best, paced itself.
Rail passenger connectivity is largely delivered through mobile phone networks operating from remote masts, most of which are not trackside, meaning coverage can be patchy at best. Upgraded trackside infrastructure will be a priority to ensure the improved connectivity. Some might break into a smile at the news, though others might realize this will possibly be used as another reason to justify another painful hike in ticket prices.
We're sceptical to say the least. If railway operators are unable to get the trains to run on time, what chance to they have at delivering gigabit speeds, even if they do have the help of our 'digital-savvy' government.
India, one of the world's fastest growing digital economies, is set to see digital payments to supersede cash and non-digital payments by 2022.
The country has long been one which has relied on cash, though the last couple of years have seen various government initiatives to improve the penetration of digital payment methods and business models which are more suited to the connected economy. These initiatives have been very successful, with the Indian population happily converting, perhaps fuelled by the smartphone revolution inspired by the Reliance Jio disruption.
Over the course of 2016-2017, the volume of digital payment transactions doubled, though cash still remains king. The popularity of digital payment methods, as well as mobile banking, is gaining notable momentum however, with IDC predicting the transition to a digital majority economy by 2022.


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Georgia Senate runoff
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Victories by Mastriano, Budd show potency of Trump's false stolen election claims in GOP
Incomplete results showed that Trump's influence over the movement he started was uneven, winning some but not all the races where he backed a candidate
By Annie Linskey
David Weigel
Updated May 18, 2022 at 1:35 a.m. EDT|Published May 17, 2022 at 11:10 p.m. EDT
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho, Kentucky and Oregon held their midterm primaries on May 17. (Video: Blair Guild/The Washington Post)
Republican candidates who sought to overturn the 2020 election won statewide primaries in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Tuesday, reflecting the lingering influence in the GOP of former president Donald Trump's false claims that the vote was rigged against him.
In Pennsylvania, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Trump-endorsed candidate who led an effort to overturn the election in his state and attended the Stop the Steal rally on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, won the Republican nomination for governor. He will face state Attorney General Josh Shapiro in November — a showdown Democrats were eager to embrace.
Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), who was backed by Trump and among the 139 House members who supported at least one objection to certifying the election, will be the GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina. He will face former state Supreme Court chief justice Cheri Beasley, who made history as the first Black woman nominated for the Senate in the state.
Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), who has Trump's endorsement in the race, won the Republican nomination for Senate in North Carolina on May 17. (Video: The Washington Post)
Their primary victories, projected by the Associated Press, came on a day when the effect of Trump and his far-right movement on the midterm elections faced its biggest test to date. Incomplete results showed that Trump's influence over the movement he started was uneven, winning some but not all the races where he backed a candidate.
Pennsylvania's bitterly fought Republican Senate race remained unsettled, though the major candidates all question the 2020 results to varying degrees. Former hedge fund CEO and Army veteran David McCormick and Trump-backed TV personality and heart surgeon Mehmet Oz were neck and neck early Wednesday morning, with an estimated 98 percent of the vote tallied. Kathy Barnette, a conservative media personality who campaigned extensively with Mastriano, was well behind and out of the running.
The winner will face Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who claimed the Democratic nomination. Fetterman recently suffered a stroke and was unable to attend his primary night rally in person.
In North Carolina's 11th District, scandal-plagued and Trump-backed Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, according to Cawthorn spokesman Luke Ball. Edwards was running on his conservative record and a pledge to avoid celebrity culture.
Beasley, who would be North Carolina's first Black senator if she wins in November, entered primary day as the overwhelming favorite to win. In campaign ads and in her stump speech, she focused on her time as a public defender and her more than two decades as a judge in the state, including her tenure as the first Black woman to serve as chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
Beasley has also campaigned on the leaked Supreme Court draft decision that would overturn the ruling establishing abortion as a constitutional right, hoping to fire up voters concerned about the possibility.
"In this moment, we have the power to restore our values to Washington," she told voters at her election-night celebration.
Budd, the Republican who will face her in November, used his victory speech to attack Beasley, calling her "the most radical, liberal candidate ever to run for U.S. Senate here in North Carolina." Budd also immediately sought to tie Beasley to the White House. "She would enable every element of Joe Biden's agenda," he said.
Budd's campaign focused on Trump's support for him in a crowded field. Unlike in other races, Trump and the conservative Club for Growth remained aligned, potentially revealing the power of a united front in contested primaries.
The congressman bested former governor Pat McCrory, who refused to parrot Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The Keystone State commanded much of the attention Tuesday. Sprawling candidate fields in the two statewide races prompted GOP brawls with unpredictable results.
There, Mastriano won Trump's endorsement only Saturday after the former president sat out of the race for most of the primary. Mastriano copied Trump's campaign style, talking about poll numbers and crowds during his rallies. He pushed hard in the state to overturn the 80,000-vote victory that Biden earned in November 2020.
In his victory speech Tuesday night, Mastriano mocked Rachel Levine, the transgender former state health director who'd been given a job in the Biden administration, and attacked the media for calling him an "extreme" right-winger.
"They like to call people who stand on the Constitution far-right and extreme," Mastriano said. "Forcing your kids to mask up, that's extreme. Forcing health-care workers to lose their job for not getting a jab. It's extreme when you shut down businesses in our state."
Doug Mastriano, a Trump-endorsed Pennsylvania state senator who was at the Jan. 6 insurrection, secured the Republican nomination for governor on May 17. (Video: AP)
While campaigning over the weekend, Mastriano made it clear that he'd noticed Trump's late show of support. "We already had the victory, but it's great to have that stamp of approval," he said during a rally Saturday, referring to Trump's backing.
Mastriano invokes religion frequently. "I'm amazed at what God is doing in our midst here," he said Saturday. "We all have a call right now." Like other candidates he invoked inflation, saying Democrats are purposely wrecking the economy. "They want us to live like serfs," he said.
He denounced coronavirus restrictions, opposes critical race theory and compares himself to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who he said will look like an "amateur" should Mastriano win.
Establishment Republicans worry that he will have trouble beating Shapiro, who was unopposed for his party's nod. Shapiro, sidelined by covid, postponed his planned victory event.
In the highly competitive Senate primary, Republican leaders, including within the Trump orbit, were split between different candidates, setting up a proxy battle of influence in a race where none of the leading contenders had a natural base of support in the state.
Trump has said his endorsement of Oz is rooted in a belief that he would be the strongest general election candidate. Oz, who has dual U.S. and Turkish citizenship, rose to fame as one of the world's leading heart surgeons. He then segued into a successful TV and book-writing career, becoming a household name because of the show "Dr. Oz," which at times promoted questionable medical remedies.
McCormick took a hard line against China in his campaign, though his firm has done business in the communist state. McCormick's connections to Trump start with his wife, Dina Powell, who was Trump's deputy national security adviser. He also won the backing of Trump's former CIA director and secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.
"We have tens of thousands of mail-in ballots that have not been counted," McCormick told supporters late Tuesday night. "Unfortunately, we're not going to have a resolution tonight."
In the final days of the campaign, Barnette enjoyed a boost of energy. The Club for Growth poured millions of dollars into the state in a last-minute bid to boost her.
Trump repeatedly urged voters not to support her, a message echoed by allies such as Sean Hannity of Fox News Channel. But she was backed by Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. To clap back at doubts about her support, Barnette has simply said: "MAGA does not belong to President Trump."
"I love what she stands for. She is the most honest person in the race," said Maureen Kurp, a 64-year-old retiree who met Barnette.
Kurp voted for Barnette and Mastriano. The pair campaigned frequently campaigned together in their respective Senate and gubernatorial campaigns. "I feel they reflected my values. I believe they are the constitutional conservatives. They are the most pro-life."
On the Democratic side of the Senate contest, Fetterman won in a crowded field that included Rep. Conor Lamb, a Biden acolyte and onetime rising Democratic star. Fetterman supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during his 2016 presidential bid.
Fetterman's health emerged as a last-minute issue: Hours before polls closed Tuesday, Fetterman's doctors implanted a defibrillator and pacemaker into his chest to regulate his heart rate and rhythm, according to his campaign. He cast his vote via an emergency absentee ballot from Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, according to his campaign.
Fetterman had a stroke Friday, his campaign announced Sunday. "The good news is I'm feeling much better, and the doctors tell me I didn't suffer any cognitive damage," he said in a statement that day. He said later he would not attend his campaign's primary night rally.
Democrats also faced pivotal tests across the country, with establishment candidates challenged in several races by more liberal hopefuls.
In Oregon's 5th District, Biden-endorsed Rep. Kurt Schrader was losing by 18 percentage points to Jamie McLeod-Skinner with an estimated 43 percent of the vote counted at midnight, with the challenger fueled by voters around Bend and Portland. Many votes had yet to be counted in Clackamas County, where early tallies favored the incumbent.
McLeod-Skinner has disparagingly labeled Schrader "the Joe Manchin of Oregon," claiming that Schrader worked against Biden's climate agenda and efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs at the behest of corporate donors.
Summer Lee, running for a House seat in Pennsylvania left open by Rep. Mike Doyle's retirement, fought against wave of money from centrist Democratic groups who painted her as a risky choice. She was endorsed by Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and backs the Medicare-for-all and a Green New Deal.
Lee was in a close contest with Steve Irwin, who was backed by a centrist super PAC.
The American Renewal Project has been working to inspire Christian pastors and church members to step into politics in North Carolina. (Video: Whitney Leaming, Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post)
Trump's influence was also tested in Western states.
In Idaho, Gov. Brad Little (R) defeated a Trump-backed challenger, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who campaigned on challenging the 2020 election.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R), a longtime House member who was among the handful of Republicans to cross the aisle and support Biden's infrastructure bill, was trying to fend off a challenger running to his right.
In Oregon, term limits are forcing Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, to leave office. Republicans hope to seize the seat for the first time in 35 years because of Brown's deep unpopularity and the emergence of a Democratic candidate running as an unaffiliated candidate.
Nearly two dozen Republican candidates were vying for the party's nomination, including former Oregon House Republican leader Christine Drazan, who was leading in the polls. She's running on public safety and lower taxes and has the backing of roughly three-fourths of Oregon's Republican state representatives.
On the Democratic side, former Oregon House speaker Tina Kotek was the winner, the AP projected.
In Kentucky, where polls closed early Tuesday evening, Democrats nominated state Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey to replace retiring Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) in the 3rd District. The eight-term congressman endorsed McGarvey, who soundly defeated Rep. Attica Scott, who'd been active in the city's racial justice movement.
Cory Vaillancourt in Hendersonville, N.C., Nick Keppler in North Huntingdon, Pa., and Scott Clement in Washington contributed to this report.
The 2022 Midterm Elections
Georgia runoff election: Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) won re-election in the Georgia Senate runoff, defeating Republican challenger Herschel Walker and giving Democrats a 51st seat in the Senate for the 118th Congress. Get live updates here and runoff results by county.
Divided government: Republicans narrowly won back control of the House, while Democrats will keep control of the Senate, creating a split Congress.
What the results mean for 2024: A Republican Party red wave seems to be a ripple after Republicans fell short in the Senate and narrowly won control in the House. Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign shortly after the midterms. Here are the top 10 2024 presidential candidates for the Republicans and Democrats.
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Israel Leftists Protest Impending Annexation
Leftists Protest Impending Annexation
Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 3:48 am | ז' שבט תש"פ
Left-wing activists demonstrate calling for a real peace plan and not the plan of President Donald Trump, in Tel Aviv on Motzoei Shabbos. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Hundreds of leftists on Motzoei Shabbos protested against the possibility that Israel would annex parts of Yehuda and Shomron. Among the protesters were leftist MKs and members of far-left groups such as Peace Now.
Shouting slogans against annexation and calling for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to resign, protesters demonstrated outside Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv. Protesters were largely local Tel Aviv residents, although some were bused in in organized manner from kibbutzim. Several of the protesters hoised Palestinian flags. Among the participants was Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg; Darwish Rabi, Mayor of the Arab town of Jaljuliya; and Avner Gavrihu, head of the far-left Breaking the Silence organization.
Sunday's Cabinet meeting – which was set to discuss details of the annexation plan – was canceled, but the Cabinet will meet this week to discuss approval of the "Deal of the Century" peace plan. Reports said that the meeting was canceled as Israel tries to work out the schedule of annexation with the U.S.
On Thursday, U.S. Mideast negotiator Jared Kushner said in an interview that the U.S. would prefer Israel impose sovereignty after the March election. "The hope is that they'll wait till after the election, and we'll work with them to try to come up with something," Kushner said, adding that there were many parameters that needed to be examined and understood.
"We've agreed with them on forming a technical team to start studying taking the conceptual map. The Jordan Valley can mean a lot of different things," Kushner said, citing an example. "I think we'd need an Israeli government in place in order to move forward," he added.
A report Motzoei Shabbos said that Netanyahu was determined to at least start the process of annexation before the election – annexing towns in Yehudah and Shomron, but not open areas surrounding them.
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« Advent Calendar Window No. 7. Eagles Court, Helmdon Road.
Advent Calendar Window No. 8. The Old Bakehouse, Manor Road.
Below zero temperatures and a bitterly cold wind failed to deter party goers sheltering between one of the village's several bakehouses and the former Methodist Chapel. More pictures in the rest of this entry.
Arrival of the Friday evening butcher's van……..
….which are clearly not needed!
In the background of this picture can be seen the former Methodist Chapel, now converted to a house.
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Established by artists in 1983, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios was one of the first DIY artist-led initiatives in Ireland.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios was founded by Jenny Haughton (Founding Director) and a group of artists, who occupied and rented a disused shirt factory from Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE). The early 20th-century industrial building extended from Temple Bar to the Liffey Quays. Although the conditions were problematic and at times hazardous, this provided the springboard to establish studio spaces for artists. As well as studios the building housed an exhibition space, cafe, sculptor's annex and a print studio - influencing the atmosphere of Temple Bar in the 1980's and establishing the area's reputation as a cultural hub. It contributed to the regeneration of Temple Bar as Dublin's Cultural Quarter.
The establishment of Temple Bar Properties in August 1991 spurred the rejuvenation of the area. Group 91, a consortium of young visionary architects, won the competition for the Temple Bar Architectural Framework Plan. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios was recognised as a flagship project and it was one of the first cultural organisations rehoused by the Temple Bar Cultural Quarter regeneration.
The shirt factory building was extensively refurbished and custom-designed by leading Irish architects McCullough Mulvin. Thirty artists' studios in a range of sizes (21m² to 70m²) over four floors were provided and the gallery at ground floor level was enlarged to twice its previous size. Essential consideration was given to maximising the daylight in the studios with floor to ceiling windows. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios reopened its refurbished building on 1st November 1994 with a Cultural Use Agreement and a fair rent clause in place with Temple Bar Properties.
Today, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a thriving artists' community in the centre of Dublin. Many of Ireland's leading artists have worked in the studios and have exhibited in the gallery. Over its life-span, more than five hundred Irish and international artists have contributed to making the organisation a beacon in the story of visual arts into 21st century Ireland.
Through different perspectives, insights and previously unseen material our 2013 publication, Generation: 30 Years of Creativity at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, tells the compelling story of a creative place unfolding over time - 30 years of dreaming, making and doing.
This book is available to purchase at TBG+S, or by emailing info@templebargallery.com.


Throughout its history humanity has witnessed a series of miracles and notable practitioners of goodness and heroic virtue, whether through philanthropy, love of neighbor, forgiveness, inexplicable cure, defense of a cause, belief and doctrine. They are role models for choosing the path of good and inspiration for those who believe in a better world and the unshakable power of faith.
Hence, countless followers seek through tattoos to represent their devotion and belief as a tribute. Others prefer to express protection, hope and comfort in adversity as a support not to surrender to pessimism. Among the illustrious figures, the most popular are Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Our Lady Aparecida, St. Anthony, St. Rita of Cassia, Santa Barbara, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Buddha. For those who seek discretion it is very common the tattoos of the cross, prayers, angels, third in the hand and the wrist. No matter if it is colored or monochrome, there are a multitude of models capable of pleasing all styles and tastes. If you prefer a drawing that brings more detail, the arm, leg and back are the favorite places to have a more comprehensive area, and therefore greater freedom.


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Q: Populate DropDownList by JSON -- Controller --
[WebMethod]
public ActionResult GetSellers()
{
    List<Seller> sellers = db.Sellers.ToList();

    return Json(sellers, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

-- View --
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.SellerId, new SelectList(Enumerable.Empty<SelectListItem>()))

-- Javascript --
<script type="text/javascript">
    $('#DeptId').change(function () { // DeptId is my another DropDownList
        $.getJSON('/SaleRecords/GetSellers'), null, function (result) { // My path
            var ddl = $('#SellerId'); // My seller DDL
            ddl.empty();
            $('Sellers').show(); // My div (it's display: none)
            $(result).each(function () {
                ddl.append(
                $('<option />', {
                    value: this.Id
                }).html(this.Name)
                );
            });
        };
    });
</script>

What's wrong? I've debugged in Controller, and the sellersList has 3 registries, but it doesn't appear in my View, what's the problem?

A: This might be the issue
$.getJSON('/SaleRecords/GetSellers'), null, function (result) // should throw an error

Try
$.getJSON('/SaleRecords/GetSellers')
.done(function(result) {
        var ddl = $('#SellerId');
        ddl.empty();
        $('Sellers').show();
        $(result).each(function () {
            ddl.append(
            $('<option />', {
                value: this.Id
            }).html(this.Name)
 });
 .fail(function(jqXHR) {console.log(jqXHR.responseText)});

A: Just found the error: I added it in my controller method:
myContext.Configuration.ProxyCreationEnabled = false;

I'm posting so that if someone has this problem, have the solution.

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Z as in zero: Increasing college access and success through zero-textbook-cost degrees
By TJ Bliss
The Hewlett Foundation gives nearly $8 million each year to get Open Educational Resources (OER) into mainstream use. We believe that one of the natural consequences of widespread OER adoption will be an increase in students' educational access and success—with the average U.S. college student now spending $1200 each year on textbooks and other course materials on top of tuition, it's easy to see how those costs are hindering lower income students from attending college. And that's not all: a 2014 study by the Student Public Interest Research Group showed that a majority of college students actually base course selection decisions on textbook prices and avoid courses with expensive content. Other students simply don't purchase required textbooks or show up on the first day of class without a textbook because the cheaper used version they found online is still at the online merchant's warehouse. Amazingly, the cost of textbooks now sometimes exceeds the cost of tuition, particularly at the community colleges that have traditionally provided a lower-cost alternative (e.g., programs at Cerritos College in California).
But there is light at the end of this dark textbook tunnel. Last year, faculty and administrators at Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Virginia accomplished something remarkable. Relying heavily on OER, TCC designed a curriculum that allows students to skip nearly $3700 in textbook costs and achieve a two-year degree in Business Administration. The "Z-Degree," as it's known, has had some incredible impacts. In the first year of Z-Degree implementation, TCC saw a significant increase in the percentage of students completing courses with a C or better, while simultaneously cutting the cost to graduate by 20-30%. TCC also saw a significant decrease in withdrawal rates among students enrolled in the Z-Degree. In a recent report, TCC administrators indicated that they are hopeful that other institutions will follow their lead: "Tidewater intentionally developed a model that can be reproduced. All of their curriculum materials are openly available under a Creative Commons Attribution License, and there is a wealth of additional open resources available." Indeed, several other institutions and systems are developing or have developed their own zero-textbook-cost degrees, including the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), the Virginia Community College System, the Washington State Community College System, Thomas Edison State College, and the University System of Maryland.
The zero-textbook-cost degrees at institutions like TCC and NOVA represent models that other institutions can adopt or adapt to help their own students lower the costs of higher education while increasing college access and success. Additionally, the OER used in these model degrees allow faculty to select, adapt, and/or create materials that are aligned with the learning outcomes of their courses and learning profiles of their students, giving them greater flexibility and academic freedom in course design and delivery. Importantly, the zero-textbook-cost degree is a concept that is easily understood with relatively low barriers to implementation. A significant investment from philanthropy and government to encourage other institutions across the country to experiment with this model has the potential to start a movement. Indeed, this kind of movement has the potential to effectively solve the textbook cost and access issues faced by students And since OER is the most practical means for establishing zero-textbook-cost degrees, it could also directly promote large-scale adoption and adaptation of OER in higher education (a goal of particular importance to the Hewlett Foundation), creating an infrastructure for improving teaching and learning through adaptable, localizable curricular materials.
I see two ways that the zero-textbook-cost degree movement could take hold on campuses: a large-scale persuasion campaign directed toward colleges to convince them to do the right thing; or forcing colleges to create this type of degree, primarily through legislation that would mandate (and hopefully fund) their creation. Persuasion makes more sense to me. Given the important role of academic freedom on American campuses, colleges have traditionally resisted reform efforts imposed on them from the outside and often find ways to work around such changes rather than embrace them. A bottom-up approach driven by faculty and embraced by college administrators is far more likely to lead to changes that will be broadly accepted on campus and endure.
The persuasive approach could include three main components: (a) spreading the word about the zero-textbook-cost degree concept, (b) direct fiscal incentives for institutions to establish their own degrees, and (c) research about the impact of the degrees on college access and success to encourage further efforts.
Spreading the Word. Communicating about the concept by highlighting the work of institutions that have established zero-textbook-cost degrees has great potential to attract mainstream media and create an atmosphere of excitement around the idea. Many non-profit organizations have expressed interest in offering their expertise on how to share the story of the Z-degree. Support for such activities could increase the likelihood of successfully bringing the concept to scale.
Direct Incentives. The second component to this approach could involve directly incentivizing institutions to establish their own pathways for students to complete a degree without textbook costs. With funding from philanthropy and government, a grant competition could be created where institutions propose plans for establishing their own zero-textbook-cost degrees and apply for funding to support their efforts. A competitive RFP process would allow institutions to determine the approaches that work best for them in their own contexts and allow them to maintain academic freedom. The scope and potential impact of the competition would be determined by the funders and other organizations involved and the amount of funding available. An existing or newly formed non-profit could facilitate the RFP process, similar to the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
Research. As zero-textbook-cost degrees are implemented across the country, research could be conducted to analyze the impact of degree establishment on student access and success, as well as on faculty pedagogical practice. Metrics related to access and success might include credit loads, withdrawal rates, persistence rates, pass rates, and actual cost savings. Establishing a research agenda and including data sharing requirements in the RFP could lead to deeper understanding of the impact of the program and lead to further expansion of the concept throughout the U.S. higher education system.
The Hewlett Foundation, in conjunction with Student PIRGS, SPARC, Creative Commons, the Open Education Consortium, and several other non-profit organizations will be convening interested parties over the next several months. We welcome your views on the details of the approach described here and any alternatives you might suggest. If your organization is interested in joining the conversation, partnering, or simply learning more about this opportunity, please contact us at Education@hewlett.org.
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Surrealism > Sculpture > Lorenzo Quinn
Bonded Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed
Edition of 2/16
Size: 13 x 25.5 x 18 in. (33.02 x 64.77 x 45.72 cm)
about Destiny 2
Lorenzo Quinn is an Italian sculptor and former actor, and the fifth son of actor Anthony Quinn.
"Destiny 2" is a signed and numbered bronze sculpture sitting on a custom-made smoke mirror base measuring 42 x 27 x 20 inches.
About The Artist: Lorenzo Quinn
Lorenzo Quinn is an Italian sculptor and former actor, and the fifth son of actor Anthony Quinn....
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package org.dependencytrack.resources.v1;

import alpine.auth.PermissionRequired;
import alpine.persistence.PaginatedResult;
import alpine.resources.AlpineResource;
import com.github.packageurl.MalformedPackageURLException;
import com.github.packageurl.PackageURL;
import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiParam;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses;
import io.swagger.annotations.Authorization;
import io.swagger.annotations.ResponseHeader;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.dependencytrack.auth.Permissions;
import org.dependencytrack.model.Repository;
import org.dependencytrack.model.RepositoryMetaComponent;
import org.dependencytrack.model.RepositoryType;
import org.dependencytrack.persistence.QueryManager;
import javax.validation.Validator;
import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

/**
 * JAX-RS resources for processing repositories.
 *
 * @author Steve Springett
 * @since 3.1.0
 */
@Path("/v1/repository")
@Api(value = "repository", authorizations = @Authorization(value = "X-Api-Key"))
public class RepositoryResource extends AlpineResource {

    @GET
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Returns a list of all repositories",
            response = Repository.class,
            responseContainer = "List",
            responseHeaders = @ResponseHeader(name = TOTAL_COUNT_HEADER, response = Long.class, description = "The total number of repositories")
    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized")
    })
    @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
    public Response getRepositories() {
        try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager(getAlpineRequest())) {
            final PaginatedResult result = qm.getRepositories();
            return Response.ok(result.getObjects()).header(TOTAL_COUNT_HEADER, result.getTotal()).build();
        }
    }

    @GET
    @Path("/{type}")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Returns repositories that support the specific type",
            response = Repository.class,
            responseContainer = "List",
            responseHeaders = @ResponseHeader(name = TOTAL_COUNT_HEADER, response = Long.class, description = "The total number of repositories")

    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized")
    })
    @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
    public Response getRepositoriesByType(
            @ApiParam(value = "The type of repositories to retrieve", required = true)
            @PathParam("type")RepositoryType type) {
        try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager(getAlpineRequest())) {
            final PaginatedResult result = qm.getRepositories(type);
            return Response.ok(result.getObjects()).header(TOTAL_COUNT_HEADER, result.getTotal()).build();
        }
    }

    @GET
    @Path("/latest")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Attempts to resolve the latest version of the component available in the configured repositories",
            response = RepositoryMetaComponent.class
    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 204, message = "The request was successful, but no repositories are configured to support the specified Package URL"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 400, message = "The specified Package URL is invalid and not in the correct format"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "The repository metadata for the specified component cannot be found"),
    })
    public Response getRepositoryMetaComponent(
            @ApiParam(value = "The Package URL for the component to query", required = true)
            @QueryParam("purl") String purl) {
        try {
            final PackageURL packageURL = new PackageURL(purl);
            try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager(getAlpineRequest())) {
                final RepositoryType type = RepositoryType.resolve(packageURL);
                if (RepositoryType.UNSUPPORTED == type) {
                    return Response.noContent().build();
                }
                final RepositoryMetaComponent result = qm.getRepositoryMetaComponent(
                        RepositoryType.resolve(packageURL), packageURL.getNamespace(), packageURL.getName());
                if (result == null) {
                    return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("The repository metadata for the specified component cannot be found.").build();
                } else {
                    //todo: future enhancement: provide pass-thru capability for component metadata not already present and being tracked
                    return Response.ok(result).build();
                }
            }
        } catch (MalformedPackageURLException e) {
            return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).build();
        }
    }

    @PUT
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Creates a new repository",
            response = Repository.class,
            code = 201
    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 409, message = "A repository with the specified identifier already exists")
    })
    @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
    public Response createRepository(Repository jsonRepository) {
        final Validator validator = super.getValidator();
        failOnValidationError(
                validator.validateProperty(jsonRepository, "identifier"),
                validator.validateProperty(jsonRepository, "url")
        );

        try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager()) {
            final boolean exists = qm.repositoryExist(jsonRepository.getType(), StringUtils.trimToNull(jsonRepository.getIdentifier()));
            if (! exists) {
                final Repository repository = qm.createRepository(
                        jsonRepository.getType(),
                        StringUtils.trimToNull(jsonRepository.getIdentifier()),
                        StringUtils.trimToNull(jsonRepository.getUrl()),
                        jsonRepository.isEnabled(),
                        jsonRepository.isInternal());
                return Response.status(Response.Status.CREATED).entity(repository).build();
            } else {
                return Response.status(Response.Status.CONFLICT).entity("A repository with the specified identifier already exists.").build();
            }
        }
    }

    @POST
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Updates a repository",
            response = Repository.class
    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "The UUID of the repository could not be found")
    })
    @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
    public Response updateRepository(Repository jsonRepository) {
        final Validator validator = super.getValidator();
        failOnValidationError(
                validator.validateProperty(jsonRepository, "url")
        );

        try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager()) {
            Repository repository = qm.getObjectByUuid(Repository.class, jsonRepository.getUuid());
            if (repository != null) {
                final String url = StringUtils.trimToNull(jsonRepository.getUrl());
                repository = qm.updateRepository(jsonRepository.getUuid(), repository.getIdentifier(), url,
                        jsonRepository.isInternal(),
                        jsonRepository.isEnabled());
                return Response.ok(repository).build();
            } else {
                return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("The UUID of the repository could not be found.").build();
            }
        }
    }

    @DELETE
    @Path("/{uuid}")
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @ApiOperation(
            value = "Deletes a repository",
            code = 204
    )
    @ApiResponses(value = {
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Unauthorized"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "The UUID of the repository could not be found")
    })
    @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
    public Response deleteRepository(
            @ApiParam(value = "The UUID of the repository to delete", required = true)
            @PathParam("uuid") String uuid) {
        try (QueryManager qm = new QueryManager()) {
            final Repository repository = qm.getObjectByUuid(Repository.class, uuid);
            if (repository != null) {
                qm.delete(repository);
                return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT).build();
            } else {
                return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("The UUID of the repository could not be found.").build();
            }
        }
    }
}


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Akros Labs and ASG
Groupthink, the origin of originality, and why most inventors are like artists.
Woz on Creativity: Work Alone
by Maria Popova via Brainpickings
Last week, we took a look at what a 1962 Candid Camera elevator experiment reveals about the psychology of groupthink. More than vintage comic relief, however, groupthink can be the archnemesis of creativity, because creativity by committee is no creativity at all — just ask Stephen King, who famously advised aspiring authors to "write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open." In his modestly titled memoir, iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, computer legend Steve Wozniak, better-known as Woz, makes a bold case for the importance of intellectual independence in the creative process:
"Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me — they're shy and they live in their heads. They're almost like artists. In fact, the very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone — best outside of corporate environments, best where they can control an invention's design without a lot of other people designing it for marketing or some other committee. I don't believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by committee… I'm going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone… Not on a committee. Not on a team."
This, of course, should be ingested with caution — when taken out of context, it could easily become a distorted extreme. As Steven Johnson argues in Where Good Ideas Come From, innovation happens when ideas collide with one another, which can't happen in isolation — an environment conducive to such collisions is essential for combinatorial creativity. But at the heart of Woz's insight seems to be a prompt to silence groupthink and bake just enough quiet time into the creative process for the ideas that we've acquired through our interactions with the world and other people to collide and fuse together into something new, something "really revolutionary." At least that's how I'd like to interpret it.
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GPRS modem hack for use with standard prolific drivers
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Virus Updates: New Plan Unveiled to Prevent Evictions
by Hope McKinney | Jul 10, 2020
Gov. Raimondo also announced the resignation of a senior advisor after a drunk driving arrest
By Hope McKinney
Data: The Department of Health said there were 45 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Rhode Island to 17,312. There were 2 new deaths on Wednesday. The total number of deaths is 976. The number of confirmed cases in East Greenwich has gone up to 88. Find all the most recent data at the DOH data hub HERE.
At Gov. Gina Raimondo's press conference Friday afternoon, she announced an initiative that will start next week to provide an alternative to the traditional eviction process.
The Safe Harbor Housing Program, in partnership with the United Way and the Rhode Island Judiciary, is meant to address eviction problems now that courts are reopening, allowing for the resumption of eviction proceedings. She said she hoped this will provide landlords and tenants with an avenue to work for a solution outside of the court system.
Raimondo said $7 million of CARES Act funding will go towards this effort, which should allow at least 1,000 residents to maintain stable housing. Renters who meet income criteria and are behind on their rent for a COVID-19-related reason can qualify for this assistance. Tenants can apply directly or landlords can apply on behalf of tenants.
The governor said both parties – landlord and tenant – have to agree to participate. If they both agree, they'll be contacted by a United Way housing specialist to finalize a payment agreement. This will help tenants pay their rent for a period of time. Tenants in need of legal advice will be able to access free legal services.
Starting Monday, residents who are interested in this initiative can contact the United Way at 211 and ask about the program or apply. You can also go to www.uwri.org.
"$7 million isn't going to solve the whole problem," Raimondo said. "But there are families struggling and we need to help them right now to not be evicted."
Stefan Pryor, secretary of the Commerce Department, said there's also the option of turning to the state legislature if the program doesn't work.
"We may need more legislative measures to consider if landlord cooperation and tenant participation don't work out to be optimal," he said.
Raimondo also confirmed Friday she had accepted the resignation of her senior adviser, Daniel Connors, Thursday after he was pulled over for drunk driving in Narragansett Wednesday.
"[He] conducted himself in a manner that was inconsistent with the values of my administration," she said. She noted Connors had done a good job.
In response to proposed legislation for minimum staffing in nursing homes, Raimondo said these facilities will continue to be supported but part of having higher quality care is minimum staffing.
"There is certainly a place for nursing homes and thank God we have them, and God bless the workers on the frontlines of nursing homes who take care of our moms and dads," she said. "But there are other ways to let folks age with dignity and good health, and they're at risk with communal living."
She said more money will be put into home care and community-based services in an attempt to decrease these risks.
Raimondo announced version two of the CRUSH COVID RI app is now available for download at the Apple store and Google Play. With this updated version, users can take notes in the location diary and specify exactly where and who they were with. Users can see a record of their symptoms for the last 20 days. The testing map has been updated for where to get tested in the state and the "frequently asked questions" section has been updated with more information. It is also now available in Portuguese.
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Q: Commuting Homeomorphism on Unit Circle Given that $f$ is an orientation preserving homeomorphism of the unit circle such that $f(z^n) = f(z)^n$ for all $z$ in the unit circle, $n > 1$. Prove that $f$ is a rotation.
Well, if it were an irrational rotation instead of the map $z^n$, then one can lift the maps to its universal cover, and the functional equation would now become $f(z + \alpha) = f(z) + \alpha$. Now we use the fact that $m*\alpha$ is dense modulo $1$, and continuity shall yield that the $f$ is a translation.
The reason this works there is because the orbit of points are dense, but in the case of the map $z^n$ I'm not quite sure how to proceed.
I was reading the paper - 'Automorphisms of Rational Maps' by Curtis McMullen and I found this statement in a remark in that paper. Understanding this becomes sort of important because this ensures that such maps are rigid, in other words, their conjugates can but rotate them. He proposes three such rigid models in that paper, one happens to be irrational rotation (Elliptic Model), second happens to be the map $z^n$ (Hyperbolic Model), and third is called the Parabolic Model given by a particular möbius transformation composed with a polynomial.

A: If $n=1$, the functional equation is trivial and hence any $f$ will do, i.e., $f$ need not be a rotation!
So suppose $n>1$. A somewhat similar argument to what you tried works as follows:
Let $\zeta=\exp(2\pi I/n)$ be the standard $n$th root of unity. Similarly, let $\eta=\exp(2\pi I/n^2)$.
We see that $f(1)$ must be an $(n-1)$th root of unity $\xi$.
It follows that $f(\zeta^k)=\zeta^k\xi$, i.e. $f$ is just multiplication by $\xi$ for those $n$ points. Then $g(z):=\frac{f(z)}{z\xi}$ can only take values on the arc between $\zeta^{-1}$ and $\zeta$.
Next, note that $f(\eta^k)^n=f(\zeta^k)=\zeta^k\xi$. Hence $g(\eta^k)$ is a root of unity on said arc, hence must be equal to $1$.
The same way, we find by induction on $r$ that $g(z)=1$ for all $n^r$th roots of unity.
By a density argument, $g$ is constant, as was to be shown.


A Star Is Born is back on top!
The Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper soundtrack returned to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week, the official chart company announced on Sunday (March 3).
The album moved 128,000 equivalent album units in the past week, getting a huge boost thanks largely to its Best Original Song win at the 2019 Academy Awards, as well as its return to theaters for a special "Encore" version of the film. Gaga and Bradley also performed the track in a highly buzzed-about performance during the evening's ceremony.
A Star Is Born now has the most weeks atop the chart for any soundtrack since the Frozen soundtrack's 13 nonconsecutive week run in 2014.
Finally saw this movie this weekend. I watched it only to see what the hype is all about. I have to say I was really disappointed. I didn't think Gaga's acting or even Coopers where that great. The only highlight of the movie was seeing Sam Elliott again.


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81 peals were rung in 2016, the lowest total since 2000 and a fall of 7 from last year, although 2 more handbell peals were rung; 21 last year, 19 in 2015.
The leading peal ringer was Jane Hough with 23, with Richard Hough and Peter Waterfield joint 2nd with 21. Paul Seaman rang 20. The leading conductors were Peter Waterfield (13) and Paul Seaman (7)
Meldreth was again the leading tower with 22 peals (up from 13 last year). Mawson Road, Cambridge was again the leading handbell location with 13. Peals were rung at 37 different towers and 7 handbell venues, within and outside the Diocese.
Minor 16 4 20
Caters 1 1
Royal 1 6 7
From the footnotes
Peals were rung to mark the Golden Wedding of Graham and Mary Hall and Eileen and Richard Castledine, the marriage of Frances Ross and Nick Smith, the 50th anniversary on Thomas Garrett's first peal, the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and John Haas, the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, and the 40th year of ringing at Cottenham by Simon Wilson.
The first peal on the bells was recorded at Little Paxton, and the first since rehanging at Denver.
Peals were rung in memory of Freda Willgress, Brian Horrell, Brian Threlfall, John Camp, Canon John Tibbs and Felicity Webster.
Two peals were rung as part of the Bellringers Strike Back Against Blood Cancer campaign: Julie McDonnell Doubles at Clenchwarton (only the 2nd peal in the variation) and the first peal of Julie McDonnell New Bob Triples at St Mary Peterborough.
'Firsts'
Congratulations to Owen Johnson on ringing his first peal (at Landbeach), Roderick Johnstone, Thomas Ridgman and Katie Wright on conducting their first peal, and Barbara le Gallez and Sue Binns on ringing their first handbell peal
1,100th peal:.........................................Russell Brown
1,000th peal:........................................ Susan E Marsden
600th for the Association:..................... Susan E Marsden
500th tower bell peal:........................... Alan Winter
500th for the Association:...................... Peter Waterfield & Jane Hough
300th peal:........................................... Edie Robinson
200th for the Association:.................... Peter Rogers, Andrew Davey & Ali Brooke
50th for the Association:....................... Barbara le Gallez
50th peal as conductor:........................ Edie Robinson
As well as a decline in the number of peals rung, there was only one 'first pealer' this year, and very few 'first on 8', 'first surprise' and the like. Although a number of Spliced peals were rung at the top end of peal ringing, we need new ringers to develop their abilities and ringing peals is one way of doing this. If you would like to ring your first peal, or a peal in a new method, or would like to get back into peal ringing, having not rung one for a while, please contact me or your District Ringing Master. If you know someone who would benefit from ringing a peal, try organising one for them or ask me to arrange one for them.
Finally the usual plea to pay peal fees by the end of January following the year in which they were rung, preferably by BACS. Account details from the Treasurer or from me.
Cambridge, Great St Mary 1 (1)
Landbeach, 113 Waterbeach Rd 1 (1)
Little Chesterford, St Mary 1 (1)
Aspenden 5 (3)
Bardwell 1 (1)
Bedford, St Paul 23 (1)
Castle Acre 9 (2)
Great Barton 4 (1)
Ixworth 1 (1)
Loddon 7 (1)
Peterborough, St Mary 4 (1)
Preston, Rutland 1 (1)


Is it possible to get the Local host IP? ANSWER: Yes. Use InetAddress's getLocalHost method.
What's the Factory Method? ANSWER: Factory methods are merely a convention whereby static methods in a class return an instance of that class. The InetAddress class has no visible constructors. To create an InetAddress object, you have to use one of the available factory methods. In InetAddress the three methods getLocalHost, getByName, getByAllName can be used to create instances of InetAddress.
What's the difference between TCP and UDP? ANSWER: These two protocols differ in the way they carry out the action of communicating. A TCP protocol establishes a two way connection between a pair of computers, while the UDP protocol is a one-way message sender. The common analogy is that TCP is like making a phone call and carrying on a two-way communication, while UDP is like mailing a letter.
What is the Proxy Server? ANSWER: A proxy server speaks the client side of a protocol to another server. This is often required when clients have certain restrictions on which servers they can connect to. And when several users are hitting a popular web site, a proxy server can get the contents of the web server's popular pages once, saving expensive internetwork transfers while providing faster access to those pages to the clients. Also, we can get multiple connections for a single server.
What are the seven layers of OSI model? ANSWER: Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, DataLink, Physical Layer.
What is DHCP? ANSWER: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a piece of the TCP/IP protocol suite that handles the automatic assignment of IP addresses to clients.
What is SMTP? ANSWER: Simple Mail Transmission Protocol, the TCP/IP Standard for Internet mails. SMTP exchanges mail between servers; contrast this with POP, which transmits mail between a server and a client.
In OSI N/W Architecture, the routing is performed by ______ Answer: Network Layer.
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While it's no secret viewer numbers are declining and viewer erosion remains a weekly battle, the evening newscasts still continue to attract the largest number of news consumers.
When you compare this years demo delivery by ABC this year to last year, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer was the only network newscast that saw declines every single week since the start of the season for the entire fourth quarter. Evening News grew five out of 14 weeks of the quarter, and Nightly News was up or tied for three weeks.
The week of December 20 marks Sawyer's one-year anniversary in the anchor chair, and the first opportunity to measure her own year to year performance. All other weeks in the ABC year to year analysis above compare Diane Sawyer's demo delivery to that of her predecessor, Charlie Gibson.
Week to week Brian Williams increased the demo gap with ABC by 25%.
That's our early fringe Paint By Numbers kit for this week so you can help keep 'em honest. More later.
I'm surprised with the numbers. If readers only rely to TVNewser then chances are, they're not aware of the gap between the newscasts. Even sites like MediaLife failed to note this demo gap. Great blog Ms. Shelley!


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Thursday, October 1, 2020 George Nelson
Biden: Election Is Between 'Alliance and Park Avenue'
ALLIANCE, Ohio – Tom Davis, like many workers at General Motors' Lordstown complex, faced what he recalled as "an agonizing decision and an uncertain economic future" when GM announced it was shuttering the Lordstown plant last year.
Davis, who was hired at the plant in 2001, ended up accepting a transfer to GM's plant in Bowling Green, Ky., leaving his wife, Tiffany, a Lordstown Elementary School teacher, and two children in Girard, where they attend school.
"It was devastating and confusing and it still is," she said. "We're still trying to navigate the process and figure out the right thing to do."
The plant closed less than two years after President Donald Trump told the audience at a July 2017 rally in Youngstown that he would keep plants like GM Lordstown open and save manufacturing jobs, Davis told journalists and a few regional leaders before introducing former Vice President Joe Biden.
Tom Davis, former worker at GM Lordstown, addresses those gathered in Alliance.
Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, stopped at the Amtrak station in Alliance Wednesday. The visit was part of his Build Better Back train tour that followed the debate Tuesday with President Donald Trump in Cleveland. He spoke for about 10 minutes at the stop and fielded questions from reporters for another 13 minutes.
Davis said he now makes the eight-hour drive back each weekend to see his family, a situation he said is not unique.
"Our friends and family are now scattered throughout the country, either working at other General Motors plants or continuing to look for work," he said.
"We know the truth," he added. "Our community was left behind by Donald Trump and his broken promises. Biden has a plan to build the economy back for working and mobilize Ohioans' talent, grit and innovation."
Alliance, which notably was a train stop for the newly elected President Abraham Lincoln in 1861, was founded at the intersection of two major railroads, Biden said.
"Alliance started as a place where people came together, and it's what we so badly need to do now in this country," he said.
The Davises, as well as others Biden said he spoke with on the train, shared their concerns, including plant closings and potentially losing health-care protections. They aren't looking for a handout but are "just looking for a fair shot, to be seen, to be understood, to be heard," he said.
The former vice president empathized with Davis' plight specifically, noting that his father, when he lost his job in Scranton, Pa., had to take a job three and a half hours away.
FormJoe Biden addresses the crowd as his wife, Jill, looks on.
"That's what last night's debate was about, [what] this whole election's about: Does your president have any idea or understand what you're going through and if he does, does he care about it?" he asked. "Or does he just ignore you, look down on you, lie to you like this president did, when he told Ohio workers don't sell your house because no more factories are going to close?"
This year's election "is between Scranton and Park Avenue, Alliance and Park Avenue," Biden continued. Hard-working Americans built the country, not Wall Street and CEOs, he stressed.
"The middle class built this country and unions built the middle class," he emphasized.
He criticized Trump for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, both in terms of the spread of the virus and the high number of deaths, as well as the administration's failure to address the economic consequences.
"Instead of being in the sand trap at his golf course, he should be in the White House and the Oval Office, inviting Democrats and Republicans to be there with him and to settle how we're going to make sure we can bail out these small businesses that are going under. Make sure people can keep their insurance. Making sure that we have the ability to open stores and our schools safely," he said.
"By the way, I find it fascinating they had time at the end of this election to hold a hearing on a Supreme Court justice, but the Senate does not have time to deal with making sure that schools and businesses have the PPE they need," he added.
During the debate, Trump didn't want to address the more than 205,000 dead from COVID-19 and seven million-plus infected, he said.
Biden called the debate "a wake-up call for all Americans" and specifically noted the president's failure to condemn white supremacists.
Biden said his message to the far right Proud Boys, who Trump told to "stand back and stand by," is "cease and desist."
He also criticized the president for indicating that he would not consider the election legitimate if he lost.
"He's already begun to plant the seed of doubt in the legitimacy of this election. I don't know any presidents that have ever done that before," he said.
"Notwithstanding where we are right now, I'm extremely optimistic. That's because the American people know this is not who we are," he said. "They're ready to get up again. They're ready to come back. We just have to give them a shot."
The Trump campaign blasted Biden's debate performance in an emailed statement that arrived about 30 minutes before Biden's train stop in Alliance.
"After Joe Biden's weak performance last night, he still owes Ohioans a lot of answers on his vote for NAFTA that destroyed thousands of jobs, support for China's 'most favored nation status' in the WTO, and why he refuses to condemn Democrats' assault on the brave men and women of law enforcement," Trump Victory spokesman Dan Lusheck said.
Attending Wednesday's event were Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, and Portage County Commissioner Kathleen Clyde, as well as Rev. Michael Harrison, president of the Ohio Baptist Convention. Only Biden and Davis spoke and no other elected officials were introduced.
Brown, who endorsed Biden last year, said he had a "good conversation" with Biden regarding the city's needs, particularly with regard to coronavirus relief. While no specific solutions were discussed, the former vice president said Youngstown "would have a seat at the table," the mayor said.
Biden and Trump supporters were both on hand for the event.
The crowd of Biden supporters across the street from the train station grew from a couple dozen prior to the event to a few hundred, dwarfing the Trump supporters who had outnumbered them earlier and mostly departed shortly after the event.
Among the Biden supporters on hand was Dion Freeman, a retired postal worker from Youngstown.
Freeman was blunt in his assessment of Trump, calling him a "predator," "cheat" and someone who gropes women.
"He's not presidential," he said. He also described him as a "bully" during the previous night's debate, and wanted to hear more about recent reports that he paid little or no taxes for several years.
Stacie Factora of North Canton, with her son, Gabriel, joined the Biden supporters. She was disappointed by the debate as well, calling it "disappointing."
Factora said she wasn't a "strong Democrat" but was backing Biden because she wanted to show her son someone he could look up to.
"This is how presidents behave. He cares for everybody," she said.
Pictured at top: Former Vice President Joe Biden, stops in Alliance Wednesday for his Build Better Back train tour following Tuesday's presidential debate in Cleveland.
Energy Group Names Ryan to Leadership Council
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has joined the leadership council of Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, the group said Thursday. The organization aims to inform the public and policymakers about why natural gas is best partnered…
House Energy Chairwoman Names Johnson Subcommittee Chairman
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson of Marietta, R-6th, on Wednesday was named chairman of the subcommittee on environment, manufacturing and critical minerals for the 118th Congress by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The subcommittee's jurisdiction…
During Vance Visit, 910th Commander Predicts YARS Will Get New Planes
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Youngstown Air Reserve Station already is preparing for the arrival of eight C130-J planes expected to be awarded to the 910th airlift wing, its commander said Tuesday afternoon. An environmental assessment expected to take place in…


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